Nature walk at Arasana Kere and surroundings, Mysore district

Date: 23/8/2015, Sunday

Habitat: Arasana Kere & Chikkammana Kere, Agricultural fields bordering scrub jungle

Duration: 7.00 to 11 AM

Highlight: 30+ Participants observed 59 bird, 21 butterfly and few flowering plant species. Few interesting sightings -

• Plants in Flower – Terminalia paniculata, Stachytarpheta jamaicuns, Commelina benghalensis.
• Butterflies–Southern Birdwing, Apefly, Banded Blue Pierrot, Slate Flash.
• Birds –Cotton Pygmy-Goose, White-bellied Minivet, Red Avadavat; Common Coot, Baya weaver & Tri-colored Munia were involved in breeding activity.
• An active hunting spider, LINED LYNX Oxyopes lineatipes was actively searching for prey on Calotropis gigantea green leaves.